How to Use - Multi Document Print
How to batch print Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF and Image Files
How to add files to batch print
To specify the Office documents or images that will be printed just press the "Add" button and then select them.
To remove a document from the list press on the "Remove" button or select the "Clear" menu item from the "Edit" menu to clear the list.
You can also drag and drop documents or folders on the list.
Press on the "Add Folder" button to add the contents of whole folders.
How to import files to be printed from Text File List
You can also press on the "Import List" button or select "Import List" from the "File" menu to import text list files.
One filepath should be on each line. e.g.
c:\user1\documents\document1.docx
c:\user1\documents\document2.docx
c:\user1\documents\document3.docx
How to import files to be printed from Excel File List
You can also select "Import list from Excel file" from the "File" menu to import files or folders from an Excel file. The Excel file should contain one document or folder on each row.
How to sort the print list
Select documents of the list and then press on the "Move Up" or "Move Down" buttons to change the order of the list.
You can also sort the list by clicking on the headers of print list colums or select "Sort by Filename Ascending" e.t.c. from the "Edit" menu.
How to numeric sort the list
Check the "Numeric String Sort" menu item from the "Edit" menu and then select "Sort by Filename Ascending" e.t.c. to sort by filename e.t.c. with correct numeric order.
For example it will sort correctly 1.docx,10.docx,9.docx to 1.docx,9.docx,10.docx and not 1.docx,10.docx,9.docx.
How to specify page ranges to be printed
To specify page ranges that will be printed add the document to the list and then on the "Page Range" column of the list, enter the desired page ranges.
The page ranges should be comma separated e.g. 1-3,5,10-12.
How to specify which Office file formats will be printed
Press on the "Options" button and then on the "File Types" tab you can specify which Office file formats will be printed.
For example Word files, Powerpoint files, Excel files, Image files e.t.c.
How to print non-Office file types as Word files
Press on the "Options" button and then on the "File Types" tab if you check "All other file types print as word documents" then non-Office file types will be printed as Word documents.
How to print ZIP, RAR archives
Press on the "Options" button and then on the "File Types" tab you can also check "Decompress and Print Archives" to decompress and print ZIP and RAR archives.
How to print cover page
To print cover page for each document with filename, comments e.t.c., at first, press on the "Options" button.
Then on the "Cover Page" tab check "Add Cover Page"
Afterwards, check the information that will be printed e.g. filename, filename without extension, creation date, print date, comments e.t.c.
You can also specify text align ment and font.
How to print blank page as cover page
To print blank page as cover page for each document press on the "Options" button and then on the "Cover Page" tab check "Add Blank Page as Cover Page".
How to add Office document properties to cover page
At first, press the "Options" button and then on the "Cover Page" tab check "Add Cover Page"
Afterwards, on the "Cover Page Properties" tab check the "Document Properties" checkbox.
Moreover, check the Office document properties that will be added from the list.
To add the custom properties, check the "Custom Properties" checkbox.
How to add image to cover page
At first, press the "Options" button and then on the "Cover Page" tab check "Add Cover Page"
Afterwards, on the "Cover Page Image" tab check the "Add Cover Page Image" checkbox.
Then specify the image file and image alignment.
How to add filename as document's header
To add the filename as the document's header, at first, press on the "Options" button.
Then on the "Header" tab check the "Add Filename as Header".
Alternatively, you can check the "Add Filename without Extension as Header" or "Add File path as Header".
How to print table of contents
To print table of contents i.e. list of printed documents press on the "Options" button.
The on the tab "Table of Contents" check the "Print Table of Contents" checkbox.
Additionally, you can select the print filename , filename without extension of full file path of each document that will be prited.
How to specify image alignment and background color
At first, press on the "Options" button and then on the tab "Images" select the image alignment.
Moreover, you can press on the "Choose" button for "Background Color" to select background color for the images.
How to send email when done
To send email when all documents to be printed are sent to the print spool, press on the "Options" button.
Then on the "Email" tab check the "Send email when done" checkbox and specify the server, port, username, password e.t.c. settings.
How to play sound when done
To play sound when done, press on the "Options" button and then on the "Play Sound" tab specify the sound file to be played and the number of times it will be played.
How to specify Printer that will be used for printing
You can select printer that will be used from the "Printer" combo box on the lower part of the main window.
How to print with reverse order
To print with reverse order so that the paper is stacked correctly, check the "Reverse Print Order" checkbox on the lower part of the main window.
How to specify number of times to print documents
To specify how many times the documents will be printed, enter the desired number in the "Number of Times to Print" text box on the lower part of the main window.
Final step to batch print documents
Finally, after having added the documents to the list and specified options press on the "Print" button to batch print documents immediately.
How to watch hot folders
You can also watch hot folders and print documents automatically when they are created in a hot folder.
To do that select "Watch Hot Folders" from the "Tools" menu.
Afterwards, check the "Watch Hot Folders" checkbox and add hot folders to the list
Moreover, you can specify to run the application automaitcally on windows startup (as current user or local machine) so that hot folders are being watched automatically each time.
How to schedule printing
To schedule printing select "Schedule Printing" from the "Tools" menu.
Then specify in how much time the printing will be done or the date the documents will get printed and press on the "OK" button.
Command line usage
Multi Document Print can be run from the command line.
This is useful for inclusion in scripts e.t.c.
MultiDocumentPrint.exe [[file|directory]]
[/word:True|False]
[/excel:True|False]
[/powerpoint:True|False]
[/images:True|False]
[/other:True|False]
[/archives:True|False]
[/importlist:IMPORT_LIST_TEXT_FILE]
[/importexcel:IMPORT_LIST_EXCEL_FILE]
[/coverpage:True|False]
[/blankpage:True|False]
[/headerfp:True|False]
[/headerfn:True|False]
[/headerfnwext:True|False]
[/delete:True|False]
[/printer:PRINTER_NAME]
[/?]
file : one or more files to be processed.
directory : one or more directories containing files to be processed.
word : print word documents.
excel : print excel documents.
powerpoint : print powerpoint documents.
images : print images.
other : print all other file types as word documents.
archives : decompress and examine compressed archives.
importlist : import file list from text file.
importexcel : import file list from Excel file.
printer : use printer with specified name.
coverpage : print cover page for each document.
blankpage : print blank page as cover page for each document.
headerfp : add document's filepath as header.
headerfn : add document's filename as header.
headerfnwext : add document's filename without extension as header.
delete : delete printed document file in end.
/? : show help
Examples :
MultiDocumentPrint.exe "c:\documents\invoice.docx" "c:\documents\invoice2.docx" "c:\documents\invoice3.docx"
MultiDocumentPrint.exe "c:\documents" /word:True /excel:True /powerpoint:False
MultiDocumentPrint.exe /importlist:"c:\documents\list.txt"
How to change user interface language
When the application is first started it asks you for your desired user interface language.
You can also change the user interface language from the "Language" menu.
How to Register and Buy the application
You can buy our application by visiting the product page on our site and then press the "Buy" button.
Alternatively, start the application and press on the Buy button, to visit our store webpage. (2)
After buying the application, a registration code will be sent to you via email within minutes.
To register the application and unlock all its functionality and remove the nag screen press on the "Register" button (1).
Then in the registration screen enter the registration code in the text box and press on the "Register" button (1).
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